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THIMBLE FOR HAMMOGKS, &c.

No. 318,524. Patented May 26,1885.

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VINCENT P. TRAVERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

THIMBLE FOR HAMMOCKS, 8L0.

.CPECIEICJLTION forming part of Letters Patent No; 318,524, dated May26, 1885.

Application filed February 18, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINCENT P. TRAVERS, a resident of New York city, inthe county and State of New York, have invented an Improved Thimble forHammocks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a full-size face view of my improved thimble, showingit in the loop that is usually formed at the end of a hammock. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a crosssection, of the same.

This invention has for its object to provide the end loops of hammockswith metallic linings, and thereby prevent said end loops from beingchafed through by the suspension-ropes that pass through them; and theinvention consists of a metallic thiinble or lining, of substantiallysemiannular form, curved along its outer periphery, which is provided atits ends with outWardly-projecting prongs or pins, that are adapted toenter into the substance of the hammock-loop, thereby retaining thethimble in position and assisting in taking the strain off the end partof the loop, all as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, the letter A represents the end loop of a hammock. B ismy improved thimble. This thimble is of substantially semi'annular form,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and curved along the outer periphery, asshown at a in Fig. 3. At its ends this thimble has outwardly-projectingpins or prongs b b which are, by preference, round and point ed, andwhich, when the thimble is placed in (No model.)

the loop in manner shown in Fig. 1, enter into the body of the loop, soas to hold the thimble in position. \Vithout these prongs the thimblewould be apt to drop out of the loop sidewise.

Before my invention t-himbles had already been provided for the liningof hammock ends, which thimbles had at each of their extremities a pairof lips that were intended to embrace the structure of the loop and tobe bent around the latter. Such lips required special manipulation forattaching them to the hammock-loop, and required the whole instrument tobe made of a metal that would allow the bending of the lips.

By my invention any unskilled person will be able to immediately attacha thiinble in proper manner to the hammock-loop bypress ing the prongsI) into the body of the loop in manner indicated by dotted lines in Fig.l, and no bending or special shaping of the thim ble is required.Moreover, the instrument may be made wholly of cast metal and not of ametal that admits of bending, and be therefore also less expensive thana thimble made of flexible substance.

. I claim The thimble B, provided with prongs b b, that projectoutwardly from its ends, and that are adapted to enter into the body ofa hammock-loop which said thimble is to line, substantially as hereinshown and described.

VINCENT P. TRAVERS.

Witnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, H. B. BLAUVELT.

